LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

CRBSSWELL, NOBTHTJMBEBLAND.—Signals of distress were observed at 3 A.M. on the 14th January during a S.S.E. wind and a moderate sea, the weather at the time being hazy. The Old Potter Life-boat was at once launched, proceeded in the...

HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The ketch Mary Tweedlie, of Berwick, was seen running before the wind, tinder bare poles, at 3 P.M., on the 6th March, 1883, during a fearful gale of wind from N. to N.E. and a very heavy sea, the whole bar and...

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THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain John Daniel, of Aberystwyth.

He joined the crew in 1911, was ap- pointed bowman in 1933, second cox- swain in 1936 and coxswain at the beginning of 1943. He retired at the end of...

On 5th May, 1943, the Wells life-boat took part in an interesting service in which the R.A.F. for the first time dropped an airborne life-boat to a 'ditched' bomber crew off the East Anglian coast. The 'ditched' crew received... - View image in PDF

OCTOBER 1991 William Hunt, coxswain/mechanic of Rhyl lifeboat from 1964 to 1973 when he became mechanic until his retirement in 1977. He first joined the crew in 1937, was appointed second coxswain in 1949 until 1951 when he served as...

APRIL 1994 Joe Martin BEM, coxswain/mechanic of Hastings lifeboat from 1971 to 1987. He first joined the crew in 1950, was mechanic from 1959 to 1969 and a travelling mechanic from 1969 until his appointment as coxswain..

THE SIGHT AND SMELL of bacon and hash browns at 90 degrees in the shade was a bit overpowering as a greeting to Grand Haven Coast Guard Station. A sympathetically smiling cook soon corrected my mistaken entrance and directed me to the...